LEARN/CREATE (PT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

3:00 pm

Mathematics Illuminated"Connecting with Networks"
Connections can be physical, as with bridges, or immaterial, as with friendships. Both types of connections can be understood using the same mathematical framework called network theory, or graph theory, which is a way to abstract and quantify the notion of connectivity. This unit looks at how this branch of mathematics provides insights into extremely complicated networks such as ecosysteMs.. D

3:30 pm

Mathematics Illuminated"In Sync"
Systems of synchronization occur throughout the animate and inanimate world. The regular beating of the human heart, the swaying and near collapse of the Millennium Bridge, the simultaneous flashing of gangs of fireflies in Southeast Asia: these varied phenomena all share the property of spontaneous synchronization. This unit shows how synchronization can be analyzed, studied, and modeled via the mathematics of differential equations, an outgrowth of calculus, and the application of these ideas toward understanding the workings of the heart. D

4:00 pm

Hands On Crafts for Kids"Japan"
Japan Is an island country located east of Asia, made up of hundreds of smaller islands but four main islands. The country has a rich history with great ties to the past. Many of their cultural traditions have been handed down for generations. D

Winemakers"Blending Challenge"
The three finalists begin the process of making their wine. Given a dream list of potential blending components to make their wine, they will be judged by a team of super tasters (famous wine makers, sommeliers etc .) on how close they have come to creating their target wine. D

6:30 pm

Pati's Mexican Table"Classic Mexican Food Battles"
Jump into a Lucha Libre ring and experience the kind of fighting spirit that fuels a great love of Mexican food. These classic recipes provoke heated discussions in Mexico, but are perfectly tasty regardless of which twist on ingredients you prefer. Enchiladas in Red Tomato Sauce; Tampico-Style Steak Combo; Mexican Wedding Cookies (Polvorones). D

7:00 pm

Ask This Old House"Special New York Episode"
In a special episode, the guys visit New York. Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey tours a scale model of the entire city in Queens. Host Kevin O'Connor works with a local electrician to add task lighting to a dark kitchen in Brooklyn. D

7:30 pm

Rick Steves' Europe"Siena and Assisi: Italy's Grand Hill Towns"
Rick tours the innovative medieval hospital in Siena and a bakery that makes panforte. He explores the Chianti region and spends a night at a farmhouse where he learns about the Slow Food Movement before following the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi.G

Mexico -- One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless"Guac on the Wild Side"
Everyone loves guacamole. And for every person you ask, there's a secret recipe and a preferred style. In the kitchen of his Frontera Grill, Rick prepares the restaurant's classic Mexican version, an institution since the day the place opened. D

Rick Steves' Europe"Siena and Assisi: Italy's Grand Hill Towns"
Rick tours the innovative medieval hospital in Siena and a bakery that makes panforte. He explores the Chianti region and spends a night at a farmhouse where he learns about the Slow Food Movement before following the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi.G

11:00 pm

Theater Talk"Checkers"
Playwright Douglas McGrath, director Terry Kinney, plus actors Anthony LaPaglia and Kathryn Erbe discuss McGrath's new play Checkers, based on the events surrounding Nixon's 1952 Checkers speech where the candidate defended his reputation. More importantly, he pioneered the use of television as an effective political tool. D

11:30 pm

Closer to Truth"Solutions to the Mind-Body Problem?"
Are human beings purely physical? Evolved at random and destined to die, extinguished forever? Or are we something more? A spirit or a soul, with existence beyond? What's the relationship between our brains and our consciousness, between the stuff in our skulls and the essence in our minds?. D